A 396570 BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS by DR. SHARAD. S. CHAUHAN APH PUBLISHING CORPORATION 5, ANSARI ROAD, DARYA GANJ, NEWDELHI-110 002 Contents About the book , .-..•• xi Quote-Unquote xv Interesting Snippets xix 1. Biological Weapons: The Basics 1 Intoroduction — Advantages of Biological Weapons — Disadvantages of Biological Weapons — Toxins as Biological Weapons — Bio-regulators as Biological Warfare Weapons — Unsaturated fatty acids as possible agents — Terrorist psychology and Biological Weapons — Biological Weapons and non-state actors — The Bio-terrorism Matrix — Comparison of Nuclear Chemical Biological Weapons — Weapons of mass distruption — Table: Possible use of microbes by terrorists 2. Biological Weapon Technology 69 — Mastering Biological Weapons Technologies — Biological Weapons Production — Stabilization of Biological Weapons/Agents — Biological Weapon Testing — Dug way proving grounds - ' — Project Shad test list — Ships associated with project Shad — Selected project Shad tests — Fort Greely testing grounds (viiii — Delivery of Biological Weapons — Ballistic Missiles as means of delivering Biological Agents — Dissemination of Biological Agents — Environmental effects on Biological Weapons agents — Genetic, Engineering, Biotechnology and Bio-weapons (Journey from plagues to ethnic bombs) — Signature of Biological Weapons (Project Bacchus) 3. The History of Bio Weapons 157 — History of Biological Warfare—across time — Arthashasthra and Biological Weapons — Twentieth country Bio-terrorism and Bio-crimes — New Zealand farmers and Biological warfare — Mau Mau Revolt (Kenya) — Crop Bio-warfare and LTTE — Operation Anthropoid — Operation Salsa — Assassination of Georgi Markov • — The Indian Connection — Aum Shinrinkyo 4. State Biological Warfare Programmes 183 — Summary Table — Japan — Germany and United Kingdom — United States of America — Soviet Union — South Africa — Iraq — Al-Qaeda 5. Alternative Forms of Biological Warfare 251 —Agro Terrorism — Living Modified Organism (LMO) — Anti material Biological Warfare — Pharma-psychological warfare 6. Biological Weapon Defense 280 — Operation Dark Winter—A case study — Biological warfare Defence j —Medical/Non-Medical Defence (ix) — Point and Stand off Detection — Principles of protection — Individual and Collective protection — Principles of Bio detection — Scientific principles of bio detection — Bio-dectection equipments — Decontamination — Bio pesticides: A lesson for bio defence on aerosol dissemination of bio weapons — Behaviour of Bioaerosols — Zones of contamination — Role of Public Health and Security Systems in Biological response planning — Medical Management of Biological casualties — Handling Anthrax and other Biological Agent threat — Operation Top-Off — Role of Police in a Bio-terrorist eventuality — Scientific investigation of a Bio-terrorist crime —Future of Bio-weapon defence research—DARPA — Role of Computer Modulation, Information Technology in Bio-defence — Bio-simer Virtual Reality Simulator for training — Rapid Syndrome Validation Project (RSVP) — Real-time Outbreak and Defence Surveillance (RODS) — Biological Warfare Simulation and Warning — Hyper Spectral imaging and Bio-robots — Role of computer modelling in biological simulation and warning — Future Bio-busters — Immune Building Technology and Aero-biological Engineering — Training for bio-terrorism responders 7. Biological Weapons Proliferation, Monitering and Legislation 443 — Non-conventional Warfare Prohibition—Ancient Indian connection — Biological Weapons Prohibition — Table: Measures needed to strengthen by BWC by Ziliriklas — Dual use Dilemma and BWC — Control, Preventive and monitoring activities for NBC Warfare — The legal aspects of terrorism Conclusion and Future 496 Selective Bibliography 501 Index 508.